US Patent Issued to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL on July 21 for "Surgical instrument power system with integrated supercapacitor powered by low voltage battery" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,533, issued on July 21, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical instrument power system with integrated supercapacitor powered by low voltage battery" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Matthew D. Cowperthwait (Cincinnati) and Shane R. Adams (Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable surgical instrument having high load conditions and low total energy requirements and a power system suitable for such instruments are provided herein. The power system includes a boost circuit and a supercapacitor. The boost circuit is configured to be powered by a battery underrated f...